Personal Art Blog

Sharing the lessons I teach at the Artist Guild and the personal discoveries in my art.
Showing posts with label oils. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oils. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Sunrise At Caballo, NM. Day 14



Sunrise At Caballo, NM
6x8in oil on canvas panel $125. SOLD


The only time of the year the sunrise is
 in this position is during the winter
I am always amazed at the large swath 
the sun travels from summer to winter.
The sun doesn't always rise in the true 
east as far as my sense of direction
is concerned.

Artist Note.
Day 13 passed in a blur of busy work.
No post...gasp!
We are learning about the 
Ned Jacob Palette. 
I took a workshop from Ned in the later 80's 
at the Art Students League in Denver,
and his palette was all I used through 
most of the nineties.
That plus ONE accent color if needed. 
Like a turquoise for a door.
The colors.
Yellow light or med, Orange, Alizarin (Perm) 
Ultra Blue, Black and Titanium White
Beautiful harmony can be achieved
by mixing all the secondary and grays with 
with these few colors.
The most important reason for using a 
limited palette is to learn what is IN certain colors
Example... to make yellow ochre you have to use 
yellow and a reddish purple. 
Too blue a purple and you 
get marvelous greens
Fascinating stuff, color!

I did not cheat and used the limited palette 
for this painting knife painting.